Illinois · Private foundation
Pedersen Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Pedersen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $127k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $154k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $136k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $117k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $131k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $190k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $95k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus House of Hope Inc | $240,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Mutual Ground Inc | $225,230 | 8 | 1% |
| Casa of Kendall County | $186,568 | 5 | 14% |
| Borderland Rainbow Center | $48,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Association for Individual Development | $33,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Opportunity Center for the Homeless | $25,451 | 3 | 0% |
| Molly's House Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lee & Beulah Moor Children's Home | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Casa of Dupage County Inc | $17,620 | 2 | 2% |
| Samaritan House for Boys Inc | $16,750 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus House of Hope Inc | $240,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Mutual Ground Inc | $225,230 | 8 | 1% |
| Casa of Kendall County | $186,568 | 5 | 14% |
| Borderland Rainbow Center | $48,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Association for Individual Development | $33,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Opportunity Center for the Homeless | $25,451 | 3 | 0% |
| Molly's House Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lee & Beulah Moor Children's Home | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Casa of Dupage County Inc | $17,620 | 2 | 2% |
| Samaritan House for Boys Inc | $16,750 | 2 | 3% |
| Tricity Family Services | $16,614 | 4 | 0% |
| Caring Children Clothing Children Inc | $14,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Lift Inc | $12,966 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids Excel El Paso Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa of El Paso Inc | $9,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Endeavors Inc | $6,340 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of a Veteran Nfp | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Inner Truth Project Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Machado Farm Foundation Inc | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Adopt-A-Classroom Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pedersen Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: W and H Thomas Charitable Trust · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · Paso del Norte Community Foundation · United Way of Martin County Inc · El Paso Community Foundation · Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pedersen Family Foundation
- How much does Pedersen Family Foundation give?
- Pedersen Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $109,968 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pedersen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Crime & Legal (28%), Food & Nutrition (23%).
- Who are Pedersen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jesus House of Hope Inc ($241k), Mutual Ground Inc ($225k), Casa of Kendall County ($187k).
- Does Pedersen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pedersen Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pedersen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include W and H Thomas Charitable Trust, The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc, Paso del Norte Community Foundation.
- Where is Pedersen Family Foundation based?
- Pedersen Family Foundation is based in IL.
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